ALL THAT IS MINE IS YOURS
MARIA SAND
In 1925, Gemma is born in the Italian coastal town of Vada, after her blessed twin sister, and in breech. “She comes with a curse,” her newly widowed mother says. Growing up without a father, longing for authority and belonging, Gemma gives herself entirely to Mussolini’s youth movement for girls. Years later, even after the fall of fascism, a portrait of Il Duce still hangs in a gilded frame in her kitchen. And when her son brings home a violent and abusive Neapolitan man, whose gaze settles on Gemma’s daughter, she does not deny him the patriarch’s seat at the head of the table.
Decades later, Gemma’s grandson Leone leaves for Rome, his head filled with music and his heart set on escaping the curse that seems to haunt the family. It is 2010. Berlusconi is Prime Minister, Italy is shifting once again, and in Rome Leone meets Mia, a Norwegian lyric soprano studying at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She, too, carries a dark family history. Where Leone is heavy, Mia is light – and together, they may offer each other a way forward.
All That Is Mine Is Yours spans one hundred years and five generations: a story of dreams and disillusionment, of rise and collapse, of love and betrayal; and of what it means to endure, despite everything.
ORIGINAL TITLE: Alt mitt er ditt
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2026
PUBLISHER: Forlaget Oktober
PAGES: 489 pages
MATERIAL: Norwegian ms, English synopsis
Rights sold
Denmark: Politiken
Estonia: Varrak
Finland: WSOY
Germany: Droemer Knaur
Hungary: Park Kiadó
Italy: Nord
Netherlands: Ambo Anthos
Norway: Forlaget Oktober
Sweden: Albert Bonniers Förlag
Film/Tv rights
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words on ALL THAT IS MINE IS YOURS
“We were enchanted by this novel, a hall of mirrors between Italy and Norway that brings past and present, parents and children, grandmothers and grandchildren face to face. A multigenerational story in which an 'inherited' fate weaves its way through the lives of its protagonists: the weight of history, unspoken violence, the passions and fears passed down from generation to generation shape the fortunes of a cast of characters whom, page after page, guided by the author's remarkable storytelling gift, we come to know and love.”
Paolo Caruso, editor at Nord, Italy
“From the very first moment, it was clear that Maria Sand had high ambitions for this grand, dazzling, and captivating novel. All That Is Mine Is Yours has an ingenious composition, in which everything is mirrored in something else. We move across five generations and a hundred years, through Italy, Norway, Rhodes, and New York, through war and peace, curses and blessings, boom years and decline, neglect and love. The characters are whole and alive – you genuinely come to love them. You can smell it, taste it, feel it in your whole body when the family sits pressed together around the dinner table on Via Semina, and the fury over an old injustice could come crashing down over all of them at any moment. It has been a pure joy to work on this book!”
Cathrine Narum, editor at Forlaget Oktober, Norway
reviews
“The ultimate novel about nature and nurture. […] As always, she has a unique ability to balance seriousness and reflection with warmth and tenderness. She also writes with tremendous insight and knowledge of both the human psyche and Italian and Norwegian society and culture.”
ADRESSEAVISEN, 6/6 stars
“A sparkling love story that is also a family saga, a multi-generational novel in which the traumas of the past are passed on to the next generation […] so beautifully written, so skilfully constructed, and so true to its central idea that it is difficult to put down. Brava, Maria!”
DAGBLADET, 5/6 stars
“A magnificent and thoroughly entertaining novel, ambitious and beautifully written […] All That Is Mine Is Yours is a fascinating epic, a multi-generational novel in which inheritance, rigid conventions, trauma, silence, and lost dreams reverberate across generations.”
VG, 5/6 stars
“compelling […] at its most powerful, the simmering tension in the kitchen of the Carli Ferretti family brings to mind the intricate family ties of Elena Ferrante’s authorship.”
KLASSEKAMPEN
“Fascinating in its portrayal of fervent admiration for Mussolini. Maria Sand takes on a sweeping family saga spanning Italy and Norway […] With a sure eye for both the broad historical arc and individual scenes packed with striking detail, she creates vivid images at every turn […] The novel moves with remarkable ease between different places and periods, each unfolding chronologically before eventually converging. It is an elegant structural device […] And whether Sand is writing about Italy or Norway, it is clear that she knows her subject from the inside […] The food, nature, and landscapes, along with deft touches of Italian history and ways of life—all of it rings true […] Maria Sand succeeds at almost everything in All That Is Mine Is Yours.”
AFTENPOSTEN
“All That Is Mine Is Yours is an epic and compelling novel about love and family. About everything we try to hold on to when life suddenly changes. With warmth and intimacy, Maria Sand writes about relationships, grief, and the need to be seen and understood. A novel that goes deep into the emotions of what hurts, but also into hope, belonging, and new beginnings.”
LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN, author of The Half Brother, winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize
“Sand writes beautifully […] I forgot where I was, and that time was passing – the fate of these families became more important to me than almost anything else.”
FRAMTIDA, 5/6 stars